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BALTIMORE -- “Some of our friends couldn’t make it.” International relations scholars met for their annual convention last week against the backdrop of a Donald J. Trump presidency. Scholarly business to a large degree continued as usual, with panel...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:55 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Kind of feels like Monday, weirdly. My kids still haven't gone to school this week. Good afternoon. I hope you're holding up in the wintry weather, today’s cold. Before I take your...

Let’s start with a short quiz. Which African country is: the world’s fastest developing country according the UN’s Human Development Index – and has annual growth rates of about 8%? The second easiest place to do business on the continent? The safest...

Blake Neff An article published by in The New York Times Sunday warns about an insidious source of racism and sexism on the modern college campus: class lectures. “A growing body of evidence suggests that the lecture is not generic or neutral, but...

The Common Core Standards in Mathematics stress the importance of conceptual understanding as a key component of mathematical expertise. Alas, in my experience, many math teachers do not understand conceptual understanding. Far too many think that if...